Pleuston
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Pleuston are the organisms that live in the thin surface layer existing at the air-water interface of a body of water as their habitat.[1] Examples include some cyanobacteria, some gastropods, the ferns Azolla and Salvinia and the seed plants Lemna, Wolffia, Pistia, Eichhornia crassipes and Hydrocharis. Some fungi and fungi-like protists may be also found.
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- ↑ "Pleuston". Merriam-Webster Online.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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